NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE THE LATEST FORECAST AND SUBMIT YOUR STORM PHOTOS AND VIDEO TOO. NOW TO THIS. A MAN INJURED IN AN EXPLOSION THAT POLICE SAY HE SET OFF HIMSELF. HE PLANNED TO BLOW UP THE HOME NEXT DOOR. THE RESULT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE. Reporter: THERE'S ONE THING THAT PREVENTED THIS BLAST FROM TURNING DEADLY. THAT IS A GAS LINE. THAT'S RIGHT WHERE THIS EXPLOSION WAS CENTERED. THAT HAPPENS TO BE SHUT OFF. THE WHOLE HOUSE SHOOK LIKE IT WAS COLLAPSING. Reporter: THE BLAST DAMAGED PLASTER ON THE WALL. IT JUST HIT ME NOW, I THINK. WE COULD HAVE DIED. Reporter: A MAN LIVES HERE AND HE HAS A HISTORY OF BEING UNPREDICTABLE. HE'S UPSET THE CITY HASN'T TORE DOWN THE ABANDONED HOUSE NEXT DOOR. IT IS SCHEDULED TO BE DEMOLISHED. IF THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT, THAT HE WAS BEING STUPID, WE'RE NOT SURE. Reporter: HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH CUTS ON HIS FACE AND SEVERE INJURIES TO HIS HAND. YOU SEE BLOOD EVERYWHERE, UP TO HIS DOOR. THEY CANNOT LET HIM COME BACK HOME. Reporter: POLICE SHUT DOWN